This is one of the best introductory lectures I have seen so far on Philosophy. It explains in a very logical manner how philosophy is categorized into different parts and is centered around the critical questions is philosophy. Thank You! Very much
Thank you Mark for doing such a great job explaining philosophy! I'm a big fan of your youtube channel:-) I studied philosophy for a year, but I dropped out and ended up in the realm of natural and environmental sciences instead (when it is coming to uni). But I've got hooked and I learned to appreciate philosophy and I continue to study it on my own. And it is so great not to be completly alone in the process - to find an awesome prof who will guide me through so much. As it is also impressive how much hours and quality is to by found on your youtube. Thanks for making philosophy so much more accessible!
Thanks for the video, I started to read about phenomenology in a class and I really couldn't understand what it was about but now I understand a bit more.
I have been studying philosophy for years now and I am not sure why exactly. Everytime I watch an intro to philosophy lecture I love how it's completely different from professor to professor. My only constructive criticism is that you did not mention how utilitarianism and hedonism are both just types of consequentialism. Thank you for your work sir.
Well hello :) first of all thank you so much for the time you have put in to create this set of wonderful learning materials, I have recently fallen in love with philosophy and have been searching over different books from different known philosophers such as Russell, Nietzsche, Hume, etc, little background about myself, I started to study computer networking when I was 14, at 20 I found there are lots of missing part in my true interest about it so I started to read about mathematics behind computer science, then I moved to physics at age of 22, at 24 I started to get familiar with fuzzy logic and finally got interested to know more about philosophy at 25, sort of I started from leaves and end up being fully interested about roots :), I would like to spend at least 3 years to study basics of philosophy so do you have any suggested path to follow for short term studying of philosophy for someone like me, who would like to end up in Fuzzy logic at end ?(I understand these two are different field of studies).
Some may think skepticism is closed-mindedness, but the contrary is the case. Open-mindedness is to go where the evidence leads you, not to close your eyes in front of it and live in a comforting fantasy. Conspiracy theorists, evolution deniers are not skeptics because their principals are derived from superstition, paranoia and mere counter-intuitive thoughts; our poorly evolved commonsense to perceive reality. If true knowledge is uncertain, than the door is open for possibilities of new answers and questions. The method to suspend our judgment and to dispose our incredulity is a efficient good attitude for the search of truth. Like Carl Sagan affirmed ''I don't want to believe; I want to know.''
I love the format Mark, what software were you using to create the video/write the lecture notes? What a wonderfully cogent and lucid introduction. Very kind of you to put it out in the public domain.
Dear Professor Thorsbyy, I love the videos, could you please provide us with the text book(s) that you are using? It would enable us to follow along with the class. Thanks in advance.
Just a quick correction at 44:15, cutting hands off for theft in Islamic law has a limit and they are conditions must be fulfilled in order the punishment to take place. If someone still something that doesn't worth anything let say they still a book, their hands will not be cut off,
Hi, First of all i would like to thank you for these great videos. What is the difference between ontology and metaphysics? They seem kind of same to me.
Good question. But no, utilitarianism would not dictate that slavery is good. The core of the Greatest Happiness Principle is "the greatest good for the greatest number" where the number includes all human persons within the consequential jurisdiction of the decision. That is, each person is to count one for one equally with all others. Slavery as an institutional practice does not treat all human persons equally in terms of consideration and is therefore a non-utilitarian practice. Egoistic philosophies or some religious philosophies, might allow for slavery however. Great question, but I thought I would reply. Thanks.
+Mark Thorsby .........for those interested, Ian Shapiro in Yale moral foundations of politics course online lectures 7 and 8 goes into some detail as to how some after Bentham eg JS Mill and the harm principle ,try to render less potentially harmful " pure" Utilit.....and he also shows it [Ut.] forms the core of modern economics in later lectures....
around the 52 minute mark you speak marxist in your economics based abortion. Not just Chicago crime is up or not down in many major cities. I see little association between abortion and reduction of crime.
Your definition of materialism is too simplistic and wrong. Materialism does not say everything is matter and nothing else exists, but says matter comes first as material and foundation of knowledge but does not of course deny consciousness otherwise how can we speak about anything.
Freak0nomics is wrong about abortion. Abortion has led to open borders for cheap labor which has swell the hispanic crime rates of drugs, home invasion, and so on....
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This is good and interesting entertainment! I am so grateful for this series and so happy it is here on TH-cam!
This is one of the best introductory lectures I have seen so far on Philosophy. It explains in a very logical manner how philosophy is categorized into different parts and is centered around the critical questions is philosophy. Thank You! Very much
May you live long prof. Thorsby. it was the nicest picture of philosophy I have ever had.
Thank you Mark for doing such a great job explaining philosophy! I'm a big fan of your youtube channel:-) I studied philosophy for a year, but I dropped out and ended up in the realm of natural and environmental sciences instead (when it is coming to uni). But I've got hooked and I learned to appreciate philosophy and I continue to study it on my own. And it is so great not to be completly alone in the process - to find an awesome prof who will guide me through so much. As it is also impressive how much hours and quality is to by found on your youtube. Thanks for making philosophy so much more accessible!
Thanks for the video, I started to read about phenomenology in a class and I really couldn't understand what it was about but now I understand a bit more.
Dear Mark, many thanks for sharing your lectures!
Thank you very much for the effort put in this lecture.
I luv this man, just started to study philosophy, so this helps :D
Thank you for sharing the lectures, Prof.
I have been studying philosophy for years now and I am not sure why exactly. Everytime I watch an intro to philosophy lecture I love how it's completely different from professor to professor. My only constructive criticism is that you did not mention how utilitarianism and hedonism are both just types of consequentialism. Thank you for your work sir.
What a wonderful lecture! Thank you!
thank you mark, for educating
This is well done! Thank you.
great lecture!
You're the best...
I used this lecture to reinforce erm, the points made in your other intro lecture
great teachings sir
This has been really helpful ! Thank you so much
Well hello :) first of all thank you so much for the time you have put in to create this set of wonderful learning materials, I have recently fallen in love with philosophy and have been searching over different books from different known philosophers such as Russell, Nietzsche, Hume, etc, little background about myself, I started to study computer networking when I was 14, at 20 I found there are lots of missing part in my true interest about it so I started to read about mathematics behind computer science, then I moved to physics at age of 22, at 24 I started to get familiar with fuzzy logic and finally got interested to know more about philosophy at 25, sort of I started from leaves and end up being fully interested about roots :), I would like to spend at least 3 years to study basics of philosophy so do you have any suggested path to follow for short term studying of philosophy for someone like me, who would like to end up in Fuzzy logic at end ?(I understand these two are different field of studies).
Some may think skepticism is closed-mindedness, but the contrary is the case. Open-mindedness is to go where the evidence leads you, not to close your eyes in front of it and live in a comforting fantasy. Conspiracy theorists, evolution deniers are not skeptics because their principals are derived from superstition, paranoia and mere counter-intuitive thoughts; our poorly evolved commonsense to perceive reality. If true knowledge is uncertain, than the door is open for possibilities of new answers and questions. The method to suspend our judgment and to dispose our incredulity is a efficient good attitude for the search of truth. Like Carl Sagan affirmed ''I don't want to believe; I want to know.''
I love the format Mark, what software were you using to create the video/write the lecture notes? What a wonderfully cogent and lucid introduction. Very kind of you to put it out in the public domain.
Thank you. I use two different types of software: Prezi and Screencast-o-matic.
thanks :)
And the knowledge is reality as it is or thing in itself is Ontology which is the main subject of Metaphysics
Dear Professor Thorsbyy, I love the videos, could you please provide us with the text book(s) that you are using? It would enable us to follow along with the class. Thanks in advance.
Thanks
Just a quick correction at 44:15, cutting hands off for theft in Islamic law has a limit and they are conditions must be fulfilled in order the punishment to take place.
If someone still something that doesn't worth anything let say they still a book, their hands will not be cut off,
Is there a text book like in the Logic Playlist?
Hi,
First of all i would like to thank you for these great videos. What is the difference between ontology and metaphysics? They seem kind of same to me.
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ontology is for the nature of being and life, and metaphysics is the nature of reality as a whole
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Under utilitarianism isn't slavery good? After all, a few people laboring for no pay means more pay and less work for free people.
Good question. But no, utilitarianism would not dictate that slavery is good. The core of the Greatest Happiness Principle is "the greatest good for the greatest number" where the number includes all human persons within the consequential jurisdiction of the decision. That is, each person is to count one for one equally with all others. Slavery as an institutional practice does not treat all human persons equally in terms of consideration and is therefore a non-utilitarian practice. Egoistic philosophies or some religious philosophies, might allow for slavery however. Great question, but I thought I would reply. Thanks.
+Mark Thorsby .........for those interested,
Ian Shapiro in Yale moral foundations of politics course online lectures 7 and 8 goes into some detail as to how some after Bentham eg JS Mill and the harm principle ,try to render less potentially harmful " pure" Utilit.....and he also shows it [Ut.] forms the core of modern economics in later lectures....
around the 52 minute mark you speak marxist in your economics based abortion. Not just Chicago crime is up or not down in many major cities. I see little association between abortion and reduction of crime.
so disappointed that you used 'beg the question' completely in wrong context.
quatumism get it
Your definition of materialism is too simplistic and wrong. Materialism does not say everything is matter and nothing else exists, but says matter comes first as material and foundation of knowledge but does not of course deny consciousness otherwise how can we speak about anything.
Freak0nomics is wrong about abortion. Abortion has led to open borders for cheap labor which has swell the hispanic crime rates of drugs, home invasion, and so on....